TheRomanianflagonthenewAriane6launcher

on 09 December 2018

In this image the Romanian flag can be seen on the mock-up of an Ariane 6 launcher, at the European Spaceport in French Guiana. In the background, the launching pad is currently being built. The new launcher is due to start operations in 2021.

Ariane 6 is Europe’s new-generation launcher, designed to secure guaranteed access to space for Europe at an affordable price for European institutional users. Romania is one of the 13 states that participate at the development of the new European launchers.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) obtained Romania’s participation in the programme for the development of the latest European rocket, Ariane 6, at the ESA Ministerial Council in 2014. By prioritising Romania's participation in this programme, ROSA provided the space industry in Romania with the opportunity to enrol in the competition for contracts for developing the European launcher's components. Romania's admission in this programme shows that our country already has competitive industrial capacities and will further contribute to the technological development, innovation and training in niche areas, reinforcing the role Romania plays in the European and global space strategy.

LATESTARTICLES

On 7 March 2019, the high-power laser system (HPLS) from the Extreme Light Infrastructure — Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) has reached the power of 10 PetaWatts, in a world premiere. In addition to applications in the areas of research, energy and medicine, a very important and immediate application of this high-power laser systemis to generate space radiation environments similar to those found in space, for example, near planet Jupiter.

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Thursday, 07 March 2019

— Romania represented by ROSA in the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking consortium

TheSpaceforYouthCompetition

Wednesday, 06 March 2019

Romanian students and young professionals are invited to participate to the Space for Youth Competition, organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) together with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), as part of the strategy Youth 2030. The competition is open until 22 March 2019.

ConferenceonResearchandInnovationforDefenceCapabilities

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

As the coordinator of the Interinstitutional SecurityR&D and Innovation Group, the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites interested parties to attend the "Conference on Research and Innovation for Defence Capabilities" organised under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, by the Ministry of National Defence, in collaboration with the European Defence Agency (EDA).

Hayabusa2successfullylandsonasteroidandcollectssample

Sunday, 24 February 2019

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has successfully landed on the asteroid Ryugu and collected the first sample from its surface. As it touched the asteroid, the spacecraft fired a 5-gram bullet made of tantalum onto the surface to dislodge particles and collect them with its sampling instrument.